Suicide car bomb kills at least 15 in Karachi (Reuters) Posted: 11 Nov 2010 10:45 AM PST Reuters - A suspected suicide car bomb struck a security compound in a high security neighbourhood in Pakistan's largest city Karachi on Thursday night, killing at least 15 people and injuring dozens, officials said. |
PREVIEW - Buoyant India eye big medal haul at Asian Games (Reuters) Posted: 11 Nov 2010 09:05 AM PST Reuters - India are hoping to follow their impressive performance at the Commonwealth Games with another big medal haul at the Asian Games in Guangzhou but tougher competition awaits them in China. |
G20 grapples with formula to ease currency strains (Reuters) Posted: 11 Nov 2010 10:34 AM PST Reuters - The Group of 20 laboured to agree how to put the world economy on a sounder footing on Thursday as fears about Ireland's ability to pay its debts underscored lingering fallout from the global financial crisis. |
Harry Potter fans brave wind and rain for premiere (Reuters) Posted: 11 Nov 2010 10:57 AM PST Reuters - Hundreds of screaming fans descended on Leicester Square in central London on Thursday, braving wind and rain to catch a glimpse of the stars who hit the red carpet for the new Harry Potter film's world premiere. |
Sterile mosquitoes use sex to kill in dengue trial (Reuters) Posted: 11 Nov 2010 08:35 AM PST Reuters - British scientists have created genetically sterile mosquitoes which use sex to kill off others in their species, and researchers say early field trials suggest the idea could help to halt the rapid spread of dengue fever. |
Despite Obama, India's global ambitions modest (Reuters) Posted: 11 Nov 2010 01:00 AM PST Reuters - U.S. President Barack Obama's support for a U.N. Security Council seat for India may have given the economic giant its global coming-out party, but it still is far from wielding the diplomatic clout of powerhouses like China. |
India to urge rich nations on debt sustainability (Reuters) Posted: 11 Nov 2010 04:15 AM PST Reuters - India's prime minister will tell Group of 20 leaders on Friday that advanced deficit economies must pursue policies of fiscal consolidation that ensure debt sustainability in the medium term, a draft speech showed. |
Pakistan's morale good despite Haider exit - coach (Reuters) Posted: 11 Nov 2010 03:53 AM PST Reuters - Pakistan's morale is good despite the chaos surrounding the team and the sudden departure of wicketkeeper Zulqarnain Haider to England, coach Waqar Younis said on Thursday. |
INTERVIEW - Hopeful of pact on G20 policy coordination - India (Reuters) Posted: 11 Nov 2010 01:00 AM PST Reuters - Group of 20 nations should not be too demanding in respect to policy coordination because that it has never been tried before, but eventually "some agreement" should be possible, India's chief G20 negotiator said on Thursday. |
Pakistan launches campaign to fight corruption (Reuters) Posted: 11 Nov 2010 06:56 AM PST Reuters - Pakistan launched a new anti-corruption campaign on Thursday in an attempt to tackle the massive graft that threatens government stability and the economy of this nuclear-armed U.S. ally in the war on al Qaeda. |
China set for more shock-and-awe at Asian Games (Reuters) Posted: 11 Nov 2010 01:57 AM PST Reuters - Two years after dazzling the world at the Beijing Olympic Games, China gets another chance to show off its economic and sporting might when the 16th Asian Games open in the southern city of Guangzhou on Friday. |
Tata offers to upgrade safety on Nano following car fires (Reuters) Posted: 10 Nov 2010 10:16 PM PST Reuters - Tata Motors Ltd is offering owners of the Nano, touted as the cheapest car in the world, the option to install safety protection in the vehicles after a few of them caught on fire in the last year. |
Woods happy with solid start to Melbourne defence (Reuters) Posted: 11 Nov 2010 12:03 AM PST Reuters - Champion Tiger Woods produced his most consistent ball striking since he remodelled his swing for a two-under 69 to finish within touching distance of the Australian Masters first round leaders on Thursday. |
Pranab hopes declining inflation trend will continue (Reuters) Posted: 11 Nov 2010 12:26 AM PST Reuters - Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Thursday said he hoped the declining trend in inflation will continue. |
Emerging economies happy with G20 talks - India official (Reuters) Posted: 10 Nov 2010 11:38 PM PST Reuters - Emerging economies are "quite satisfied" with the draft of a communique that will released at the end of a Group of 20 summit on Friday, an Indian official said on Thursday. |
Stiglitz urges capital controls to curb "hot money" (Reuters) Posted: 10 Nov 2010 11:03 PM PST Reuters - Emerging economies will need capital controls to manage flows of "hot money" and ensure economic stability in the wake of the United States' ultra-easy monetary policy, Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz said on Thursday. |
Food inflation due to supply shortage - adviser (Reuters) Posted: 10 Nov 2010 09:19 PM PST Reuters - The food inflation is due to supply shortage, C. Rangarajan, chairman of the Prime Minister's Economic Advisory Council, said on Thursday. |
TEXT - Joint statement from APEC trade and foreign ministers (Reuters) Posted: 10 Nov 2010 09:08 PM PST Reuters - Following are excerpts of the joint statement from a meeting of Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) trade and foreign and foreign ministers. See http://www.apec2010.go.jp/en/docs/ammstatement2010_e.pdf) for the full statement. |
FACTBOX - Key comments from G20 leaders, policymakers (Reuters) Posted: 10 Nov 2010 10:16 PM PST Reuters - Following are highlights from comments made at the G20 summit on Thursday as leaders prepared to meet to hammer out a deal to remedy global economic imbalances and to defuse rows over currencies. |
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